Instruction book



March 31, 1970 E. SCHWARTZ INSTRUCTION BOOK Filed May 27, 1968 INVENTOR.[ad/5 Z .f'a/h Az z wwfiw ATTORNEY United States Patent 3,503,141INSTRUCTION BOOK Louis E. Schwartz, New York Law School, 57 Worth St.,New York, N.Y. 10013 Filed May 27, 1968, Ser. No. 732,119 Int. Cl. G09b/06 US. '01. 358 3 Claims ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE An instruction bookincorporating within one of its covers, recesses to receive recordedtape cartridges for supplementing the printed matter in the book. Spacedupstanding members are provided in the recesses which enter centralopenings of the tape spools in the cartridge to insure properorientation of the cartridge within the recesses and subsequent properorientation of the cartridge in the tape play back machine.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION It is well known to provide books with athickened cover member containing one or more recesses to receivearticles such as toys, phonograph records and the like. Such structuresare concerned merely with retaining the articles within the confines ofthe book.

In providing a book incorporating an audio tape cartridge, however, itis important to maintain the orientation of the cartridge within thecover recess. Proper orientation of the cartridge will insure correctinsertion of the cartridge in the play-back device thereby saving timeand preventing possible damage to the play-back device. In addition, itis desirable to prevent the tape spools from rotating within thecartridge while in the book recess and thereby unwinding the tapetherein.

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention provides a combined bookand audio tape cartridge device in which one cover of the book isthickened and provided with recesses to receive the cartridges. Spacedupstanding members within the recesses enter the cartridge spoolopenings as the cartridge is placed therein. The upstanding members arepositioned within the recesses in such manner that the cartridge canonly be inserted in the proper orientation in the recesses. Theupstanding members are also of a width to prevent accidental unwindingof the tape spools.

DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS In the accompanying drawing forming parthereof:

FIGURE 1 is a somewhat isometric view of a complete embodiment of thepresent invention.

FIGURE 2 is a fragmentary view of the book shown in FIGURE 1illustrating the manner in which a tape cartridge is withdrawn.

FIGURE 3 is a cross sectional view taken on line 3-3 of FIGURE 1 lookingin the direction of the arrows.

FIGURE 4 is a fragmentary top plan view, somewhat enlarged, showing thetape cartridge within the book cavity.

FIGURE 5 is a fragmentary cross sectional view taken on line 5-5 inFIGURE 1, looking in the direction of the arrows.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENT Referring to the drawing andparticularly FIGURE 1, indicates a book having cover members 11, 12secured together by a back 13 in the well known manner. The cover member11 is provided with a pocket 14 on the inside thereof to receive printedmaterial 15. The

printed material 15 may be in the form of a small book or pamphlet.

A block 16 of substantial thickness is secured to the inner face of thecover member 12. The block 16 may be made of paper, foamed plastic orany other light material. One or more recesses 17 are provided in theblock 16 of a size large enough to receive an audio-tape cartridge 18.The bottom wall 19 of the recesses 17 are provided with spacedupstanding members 20, as best shown in FIGURES 1 and 3. The back 13 issufliciently wide to accommodate the block 16 and the pamphlet 15 whenthe book is closed.

A small ribbon 21 is secured at one end to the bottom wall 19 of therecesses 17. The ribbon is of sufiicient length to extend beyond therecesses 17 in the manner shown in FIGURES 1-4.

The top of the block 16 is covered by a sheet of material 22, such aspaper or cardboard, which is glued thereto, and which is provided withopenings 23. The openings 23 are somewhat smaller than the recesses 17,and provide a flange 24-25 at the top and bottom of the recesses. Theflanges 24-25 prevent the tape cartridge from falling out of the blockas hereinafter more fully set forth.

As shown in FIGURE 4, the tape cartridge 18 consists of a body portion26, within which there is carried two spools 27, 28. The-spools have acentral opening 30 therein, within which are disposed a series ofinwardly extending ribs 31. The ribs 31 are used to drive the spoolsduring the playback of the tape. The upstanding members 20 are of a sizewhich will permit them to enter the openings 30 between the ribs 31, asshown in FIGURE 4.

The spool openings 30 are closer to one end of the cartridge 18 than theother. The upstanding members 20 are positioned within the recesses 17of the block 16 closer to one wall than the other. The spacing of theupstanding members 20 within the recesses 17 is such that the cartridge18 can only be slipped within the recesses with one edge of thecartridge always facing the same direction. As a result, when thecartridge is withdrawn from the recess 17, it will be oriented in theproper position for insertion into the playback ,machine.

The cartridge 18 is placed within the recess 17 by holding it in theproper position and slipping it over the upstanding members 20 and underthe flange 24. The upstanding members 20 will thereupon slide into thecartridge openings 30, permitting the cartridge to drop into the recess17. At this juncture the ribbon 21 will be partially wrapped around thecartridge 18 and extend out over the flange 25, as shown in FIGURE 1.The cartridges 18 are now in their stored position. The book may beclosed and either carried about or placed upon a shelf.

When it is desired to remove a cartridge from the book, it is merelynecessary to grasp the end of the ribbon 21 in the manner shown indashed lines in FIG- URE 2 and pull it gently. The cartridge 18 will beupended and may be grasped between the fingers and lifted from therecess 17.

While in the recess 17, the upstanding members prevent the tape spools27, 28 from rotating within the body of the cartridge. The tops of theupstanding members 20 are rounded as indicated at 32 to enable them toslip ino the openings 23 of the spools 27, 28 between the ri s 31.

Having thus fully described the invention, what is claimed as new anddesired to be secured by Letters Patents of the United States, is:

1. An instruction book for subject related taped and printed materialcomprising in combination, a first cover member, a second cover member,a rectangular back secured along its opposed long margins to the firstand second cover members to form a book-like structure, a printedinstruction book, means to secure the instruction book to the firstcover, a recessed block of substantial thickness secured to the innersurface of the second cover member, an elongated ribbon secured at oneend to the second cover within the recess and extending outwardlythereof so as to overlie the block, spaced upstanding members secured tothe second cover within the recess and extending upwardly thereof andsubstantially normal thereto and a tape cartridge having spaced openingstherein freely received within the recess overlying the ribbon and withthe upstanding members received within the spaced openings of saidcartridge.

2. A book according to claim 1 in which the block is formed with opposedflange members on two sides of the recess to prevent accidental removalof the tape cartridge.

UNITED STATES PATENTS 9/1929 Newman 2813 1 11/ 1967 Schwartz.

EUGENE R. CAPOZIO, Primary Examiner WILLLAM H. GRIEB, Assistant ExaminerUS. Cl. X.R. 28131

